New Florida curriculum says slavery had “personal benefits” for slaves

When you're teaching about an event like the Ocoee massacre, where dozens of blacks were killed and all the rest run out of town because a few blacks tried to vote .... make sure you point out the bad stuff blacks did.

Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call 'a big step backward' | CNN

 

“Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”

 

When Florida students learn about the capitol riots of 2021, they'll also have to be instructed on Hunter Biden dick pics.

 

Imagine where black Americans would be today without the benefits of slavery.

 

These people are sick. They are mentally ill. They are corrupt. How does any rational human being think that he or she will benefit from electing these people?

 

A lot of cardio.

 

If true and final, looks like a step too far.

You can teach nuanced history without performing the slavery equivalent of "Mussolini made the trains run on time."

I am convinced that change was needed in education, but we're getting a bunch of cases of overcorrection. The Florida Department of Education needs to dial it back a bit.

 

Free ocean voyage? New religion? Sex education? New job skills?

 

A bit? A whole hell of a lot.

 

Ocean cruise of a lifetime with exotic food and luxury accommodations all while learning a new language, with loving service.

 

Goes to the motivation of the movement. Clearly this was the goal the whole time with the base of the GOP complicit through willful ignorance. It's why you can't even crack the door on this stuff. The system was working well before it became deeply corrupted to "fix" the faux corruption.

 

Relieved of the burden of finding a place to live or the confusing decisions on how to spend your time each day ...

 

New York Post is a tabloid right?

 

a few would be blacksmithing, farming, cooking, dress making, construction. These are all true and factual. Most southern slaves stayed in the south and became paid laborers with these skills. Again, that is the history. Do you want to ignore it?

the problem for Florida (if the story is true), and for which I agree with all the outrage here, is that Florida would be attempting to attribute a “benefit” to enslavement (again, if the accusations are true) which are akin to saying Mussolini got the trains to run (as one poster noted) or Hitler loved dogs. I think Florida could treat this subject with a more realistic, honest approach by mentioning the skills attained, but then reminding the kids that the South continued the concept of slavery well past Lincoln’s death by sharecropping, Jim Crow etc. Nothing wrong with teaching truth in history, just don’t white wash it. Under no circumstances should any teacher anywhere try to attribute anything good from the scourge of global slavery (not just American) or suggest that slavery was beneficial to the enslaved.

with that said, I take any media attack on Florida/Desantis with a grain of salt as they usually turn out to be fake news. I have not read the text of the bill which is the subject matter of this post.

 

Is this better?

New Florida standards teach that Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills

I know that you don’t want to believe this but ….

 

LOL, this is not a bill. These standards are set by the state board of education with members selected by DeSantis.

 

thanks for the link. stop with the insinuation I like this in any way shape or form. I just like real sources.

 

People on this board have quite literally made this argument

 

I think that you misunderstood my comment. The reason that I think that you wouldn’t want to believe it is because you’re a decent person and can’t believe that this is what the state would do. My apologies.